Our Wildlife Conservation course will provide you with the foundation knowledge of conserving threatened wildlife. This course covers important aspects related to wildlife conservation such as:

• habitat use
• habitat fragmentation
• island biogeography
• genetic diversity and conserving small populations
• wildlife survey techniques
• flora survey techniques
• surveying marine life and
• working with legislation and much more.

• Introduction to Wildlife Conservation
• Recovery of Threatened Species
• Habitat Conservation
• Approaches to Conservation of Threatened Wildlife
• Vegetation Surveys
• Fauna Surveys
• Marine Conservation
• Planning for Wildlife
• Management
• Wildlife Conservation Project

• Develop a concept of the guiding principles of wildlife conservation and the threats to wildlife.
• Determine the principles and approaches used towards species recovery.
• Discuss the principles of habitat conservation with regards to fragmentation, restoration and the use of protected areas.
• Describe and discuss the various approaches used to conserve threatened species and ecosystems.
• Appreciate the range of flora survey techniques that have been developed to sample fauna for the purposes of conservation.
• Discuss and differentiate between fauna survey techniques that have been developed to sample fauna for the purposes of conservation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the consequences of overexploitation. Discuss and differentiate between marine survey techniques used to conserve marine species.
• Discuss and differentiate the range of planning tools available for farming, urban and residential planning to help conserve wildlife.
• Identify various management techniques used to conserve wildlife.
• Develop a wildlife recovery plan for a species under threat.